The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated the Ozempic label to acknowledge complaints of blocked intestines in some people who have taken the medication. The semaglutide drug is designed for ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated the label for Ozempic to include intestinal blockage, or ileus, as a side effect after reports from some users. “Because these reactions are reported ...

Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome, also known as sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, is a rare clinical entity in which a thick fibrous membrane encases varying lengths of the small intestine. This ...

While GLP-1 drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are believed to be relatively free of serious side effects, a few problems have emerged as the treatments have gained wider and longer-term use. One ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. Ozempic now joins other products in this booming class of so-called GLP ...

The FDA stopped short, however, of saying that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic — as well as Wegovy, its counterpart prescribed for weight loss — was the cause of the condition. “Because ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ was in “good general condition” Thursday, alert and breathing on his own, following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his ...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare condition that occurs when you have symptoms of intestinal obstruction without anything physically blocking the intestines. It can be chronic or develop ...